1984
Big Brother's era
1984 is the year, but more often refers to George Orwell's dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian surveillance state.
The book gave English *Big Brother*, *doublethink*, *thoughtcrime*, and *Orwellian*.
References to 1984 warn of government overreach, propaganda, or invasive monitoring: This new policy is straight out of 1984.
Totalitarian surveillance authority
- JuliaFemale name or coding language
- O'BrienIrish patronymic surname
- OceaniaPacific island collective
- prolesWorking-class people, informally
Winston Smith · Goldstein · Room 101 · telescreen · memory hole · diary · chestnut tree
Totalitarian surveillance authority
- telescreenBidirectional broadcast surveillance device
- spyingSecretly observing others
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watchingActively looking at something
listening · informants · hidden microphone · panopticon · police patrol · face recognition · betrayal · denunciation
Holding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- thoughtcrimeProhibited beliefs under authoritarianism
- unpersonPerson erased from existence
- duckspeakThoughtless orthodox speech
- blackwhiteAccepting contradictory beliefs simultaneously
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- controlAuthority to direct
regime · power · subjugation · hierarchy · obedience · loyalty · fanaticism · perpetual war
American presidential surname
- electionOrganized public voting
- OlympicsGlobal athletic contest
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
- MacintoshApple's computer line
Van Halen · Indira Gandhi · miners strike · Bhopal · famine · Cold War · calendar year
State falsification agency
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- mass ralliesLarge organized public gatherings
Defiance of established power
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- secret diaryPrivate written record
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- independent thoughtSelf-directed reasoning
privacy · truth · memory · humanity · individuality · dissent · heresy · sanctuary
Big Brother
Totalitarian surveillance authority
Winston Smith · Goldstein · proles · Room 101 · telescreen · memory hole · diary · chestnut tree
Big Brother
Totalitarian surveillance authority
- telescreenBidirectional broadcast surveillance device
- spyingSecretly observing others
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
watching · listening · informants · hidden microphone · panopticon · police patrol · face recognition · betrayal · denunciation
doublethink
Holding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- thoughtcrimeProhibited beliefs under authoritarianism
- unpersonPerson erased from existence
- duckspeakThoughtless orthodox speech
authoritarianism
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
control · regime · power · subjugation · hierarchy · obedience · loyalty · fanaticism · perpetual war · enemy of the state
Reagan
American presidential surname
- electionOrganized public voting
- OlympicsGlobal athletic contest
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
Macintosh · Van Halen · Indira Gandhi · miners strike · Bhopal · famine · Cold War · calendar year
Ministry of Truth
State falsification agency
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- mass ralliesLarge organized public gatherings
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- secret diaryPrivate written record
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
independent thought · privacy · truth · memory · humanity · individuality · dissent · heresy · sanctuary · hidden room
- 20th Century BooksAnimal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby
- Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- British ClassicsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- Cultural ClassicsBeethoven, Mozart, Bach, Shakespeare, Dickens
1984utopia
Imagined perfect society
Utopia · utopian fiction · Island · paradise · Eden
1984freedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · democracy · free society · open society · anarchy
1984Brave New World
1932 dystopian fiction
Animal Farm · Atlas Shrugged · Walden · The Federalist Papers · Letter from Birmingham Jail
- 1980s pop starFamous musician, Reagan era
- 1980s filmsMovies from that decade
- 1984 OlympicsLos Angeles Summer Games